The Book of Lost Hours by Hayley Gelfuso is an atmospheric fantasy filled with historic moments, time travel and mystery. A young girl is pushed into the time-space library by her father, a watchmaker, to save her from the Nazis. Here, she discovers a library filled with books containing the memories of those who bore witness to history. Brilliant, engaging and suspenseful.
I remember the Space Shuttle program, and was excited to dive into Atmosphere by Taylor Jenkins Reid. Aside from knowing it involved NASA, I went in blind as I listened to the all-star narration performed by Kristen DiMercurio, Julia Whelan and notes from Taylor Jenkins Reid.
The Road to Resilience by G. L. Gooding is the second book in the Velma’s Story narrated by Kate Wisniewski. The story is based on the life of Gooding’s mother, Velma Steele, that began with Where Courage Began. Gooding delivers a piece of rural America spanning from 1924 to the 1930s. Beautifully written, I got swept up in Velma’s story once again.
Sophia Rose is here and is sharing her thoughts on The King’s Messenger by Susanna Kearsley. Come along with her and a motley crew of seventeenth-century travelers on a road trip from England to Scotland.
Based on the early life of author G. L. Gooding’s mother, Where Courage Began tells the story of Velma, her three siblings, and her widowed mother Alice Steele. A touching historical fiction, rich in historic details, shares life in rural Iowa during the Depression Era of the 1920s.
